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Sceloporus zosteromus (Central Baja Spiny Lizard)

Synonyms: Sceloporus monserratensis; Sceloporus rufidorsum

Infraspecies

Sceloporus zosteromus monserratensis (Monserrat Island Spiny Lizard)
Sceloporus zosteromus rufidorsum (Red-backed Spiny Lizard)
Sceloporus zosteromus zosteromus (San Lucan Spiny Lizard)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  35 grams
Birth Weight [1]  2 grams
Female Weight [1]  27 grams
Egg Length [1]  0.709 inches (18 mm)
Egg Width [1]  0.394 inches (10 mm)
Gestation [1]  67 days
Litter Size [1]  9
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  6 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.543 inches (9 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Arboreal, Saxicolous, Terrestrial
Male Maturity [1]  2 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Baja California desert Mexico Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Gulf of California xeric scrub Mexico Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
San Lucan xeric scrub Mexico Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine-oak forests Mexico Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Reserva de la Biosfera de la Amistad Biosphere Reserve II 493313 Costa Rica  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0